Tex. Health and Safety Code § 145.0096
CERTAIN ADVERTISING PROHIBITED
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 145.0096, CERTAIN ADVERTISING PROHIBITED, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668359
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(a) This section applies only to a business that:
(1) is operated under a license or permit as a sexually oriented business issued in accordance with Section 243.007, Local Government Code; or
(2) offers, as its primary business, a service or the sale, rental, or exhibition of a device or other item that is intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to a customer.
(a-1) A business to which this section applies may not use the word "tan" or "tanning" in a sign or any other form of advertising.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a-1). Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Subsection (b) that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under that subsection, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.